Card registry



March 5, 1940.l 5 RQ, *BQSSE 2,192,178

CARD REGISTRY- R. Bosse i l 192,178 GARD REGISTRY Filed sept. 17, 193s 2 sneessheet 2 INVENTORl 21rd# ,m BY E ATTORNEY Patented M.i.\s,194o l UNITED STATES- V 2,192,178 Gann REGISTRY Rudolf Bosse, Hanover, Germany Application september 17, 193s,.seria1 No. 230,373 y In Germany November 13,'1931 My invention relates to card registries, and to means for separating cards used in such registries and more especially to the class of such registries Ashown in my United 'States Patent No. 1,975,566

of October 2, 1934, and is directed to means for separating and identifying the groups of cards, particularly when arrangedin echelons assembled in such a registry. y

Objects of my invention are to provide mproved means for separating the groups of cards;

' to facilitate the noting of errors in the assemblies of the various groups of cards; to provide means whereby identifying tabs may be associated with the group division means in such a way as to be not readily broken, distorted or disarranged; to provide each group separator with a transparent upper edge through which characteristic marks on the respective cards of succeeding groups may be observed; to minimize the width of the transparent edge, to economize in the use of the transparent material; and .to obtain the other advantages hereinafter pointed out and claimed.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a preferred type of my improved separator;

Fig, 2 is a view ofa typical card, used in an echelon assembly of the type shown in my aforesaid patent;

'30 Fig. 3 is an elevation of one of ,my improved separators assembled with an echelon group o'f cards behind it showing particularly the visibility of the characteristic marks; f Fig. 4 is a top view of two separators with groups of cards assembled in echelon associa-v tion with them;

Fig. 5 is an end view, on a much enlarged scale,

partially broken away to show details of assembly, 1 of a series of separators, with cards between them;

Fig. 6 is a perspective view on a somewhat enlarged scale of a portion of the upper part of a separator and an associated group of cards, the figure being partially broken away to show details of the construction;

Figs. 7, 8, and 9 show different methods of assembling the transparent upper edge of the separator with a supporting card or strips;

Fig. 10 is a top view on a scale similar to Fig. 5 of the lframe and separating elementsthe figure being medially broken away to save space in illustration.

Figures 4, 7, 8 and 9 are on an enlarged scale as compared with Figures 1, 2 and 3.

In Figures 2 and 3 the p osition of the missing card is indicated by dot and dashlines. In Fig-j ure4 the composite separating sheet'is-shown as a single unit, without division, for clearness, because of the-close' lining of the figure. Fig. .7 is

-on line '1f-'l of Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference designatesimilar -parts `in all the figures.

llfhe unitary separator l embodies two grooved u en ds 2, 2, which may be of wood or other suitableV material rectangular -in cross-section and areff an appropriate length to' register with the tops ofthe cards assembled between them.' In the inner face of each end 2 is a groove 3 adapted to receive and hold the .ends of the transparent element 4 and the end or ends of one or more 15 cardboard supporting sheets 5 to which the transparent sheet, which may be of Celluloid `or similar material, is attached by suitable means such. as clinched eyelets 6,16 and/or cement, so as to unite the cardboardand Celluloid strips in an m unitary assembly.

The upper edge of the Celluloid strip is preferably even with the tops ofthe ends 2, 2; while the bottom 'l of the unitary sheet is preferably raised above the bottoms of the registrycards 25 and their` underlying supporting means, such as shown in my aforesaid patent.

If two cardboard cards are employed they may be secured to each other below the Celluloid strip bysuitable means such as cement or clinched' 0 eyelets 8, 8. The ends 2, 2 and the unitary sheet between them, when assembled,y form a cardgroup separator supported by the vfe'et of the ends resting upon the bottom (notA shown) of the box or container in which the cards are assembled, 35 withUthe transparent upper edge of the separator substantially ush with the edges of the assembled cards.

Between the upper edge of the opaque or cardboard sheet 5, and the Celluloid strip 4, atab 9, 40 notthicker than the reinforcing member, may be inserted, and held as vby a projection lll, so as to carry any desired mark, for instance a reference letter or numeral, for identifying a group of cards associated with the separator, this tabA 45 being below the upper edge of the transparent strip '4 is not subjected. to disarrangement or' destruction in the ordinary operation of the `iling system, which is usually handled by applying the fingers to the upper edges of the sepa- 0 rator and the cards. And yet the notation on the tab will be clearly visible through the transparent strip. It, willbe understood that if instead of a comparatively narrow transparent strip, a whole sheet of transparent material is employed, a narrow strip or strips II, II, may be Aso fastened tothe-transparent sheet, as in Figs. 8 and 9, so as to afford a support for the tab 9 in substantially the same position as though it were heldin the way which I have just described. The strip or strips need not be of any considerable width, so long as they act as eicient keepers for the support -of the tab between themv and the transparent sheet..

Furthermore, such tabholding strips as well as the main sheet of the separator may be made of transparent material, and thereby all the advantages of a completely transparent separating sheet may be obtained; but as Celluloid and similar material is comparativelyexpensive, I find it economical to use a strip or strips only,

in combination with less expensive,.and opaque,

material such as cardboard, without detracting materially from thev efficiency of the system.

In a typical echelon assembly of cards, such as is shown in my aforesaid patent, distinguishing marks are applied on the cards in such a way that they may immediately catchl the eye if cards are displaced or disarranged. Such a mark or marks, as I2, may for instance be placed along the upper edge of each card in such a position as .to be covered when the cards are in proper assembled relation, but to be uncovered if a registry system should have facilities'for observing not only the'particular group of cards immediately associated with any one separator, but, also, associated groups, with as little disturbance `to the assembly as may be practicable. If theupperl edge of the separator is opaque, it

practically cuts offthe view of the cards behind' it, but if the separator is transparent, the observer may look through it at the cards vbetween it and the next separator, so as tovobserve at once any telltale marks of disarrangement in any of the rows'of cards in the entire cabinet .without the necessity of fingering' the separators.

Such an angle of observatlon'may be indicated by the arrow I5 in Fig. 5. However, the

cards assembled behind the rst separator, normally extend to the same height as the upper edge of the separator and the cards 'behind it.

Consequently to see the cards behind the separator of the second group. the angle of vision must be'changed, for instance as ,indicated 'by the arrow I6 in Fig. 5, so that the operator may look down" through the upper edge of the transparent element of the separator to see the 4upperedges vofl the cards behind it; and when a distinctive mark, such as the black upper edge illustrated, is used -4in the system, the displacement of a card will be at once obvious .to the observer. The observation of succeeding groups may be facilitated by-increasing the angle of sight as indicated by the succeeding series of arrows shown in Fig'. 5;' so that the operator of thesystem has an opportunity to observe'at once any disarrang'ement in the cards of the systems groups. This lobservation is facilitated by the fact that the transparent upper edge of the separatoris oiset, back,`from the-adjacent cards` -by the thickness of its supporting sheets 5 or strips II, II, so that there is more or less of a space between the transparent edge and the cards behind it.

In Figures 4 and 5 I have shown the separators as assembled with their ends in contact But it is to be .understood ther back from the separator and become more and more readily observable through the transparent upper edges of the separators.

It is to be understood that what I have illus'- trated and described is only a typical and not an exclusive embodiment of my invention. For it is evident. that details of construction may be varied; as by the use of equivalents, Awithout departing from -the spirit of my inventionv or the scope of my claims.v I

Having thus described my invention what: vI claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is: 1. A separator for card registries embodying fiat, .transparent upper portion extending continuously from. side to side of the separator, and

a cooperating, offsetting portion consisting of a flat opaque sheet applied to and overlapping the clower part of said transparent portion and setting it back behind the `outer `face of said opaque sheet, whereby a clear line of vision is afforded above the opaque sheet and through the transparent portion.

2. 'I'he assembly in a superimposed series of a plurality of separators for card registries eachembodying a nat, transparent upper portion excooperating, offsetting portion consisting of a -flat, opaque sheet applied to and overlapping the flat, opaque sheet applied to and overlapping the lower part of said transparent portion and setting it back behind the outer face of the opaque sheet, and a tab held below between said opaque sheet and saidtransparent portion and projecting up before the latter, whereby clear lines of vision of said tabs are aorded at varying tending Jfrom side to side' of the separator and a .y

angles through the transparent portions above the opaque sheets. A

4. A separating card for card registries consisting -of a plurality of layers, one of which projects beyond the others, and a tab inserted ing formed of a transparent material andthe thicknessof the layer covering the transparent layer being at least equal to that of the tab.

5. A separating card for card registries, em-

bodyinga dat, transparent upper edge portion 'l5 extending from side to sideof the separator, a cooperatingflat, subjacent, opaque edge carrying portion, and card end supporting means extendl transverse displacement, an. upper portion of the visiblefpart of each card and the part covered by the visible partv of the next cardbeing differentiated by a mark located on the normally covered part of the card in a uniform position throughout Aall the cards, a separator* between each two groups of cards, said separator comprising .a transparent upper edge portion extending from' side to side of the separator and ofa width 'in a vertical direction to register with the said upper portions of the cards Aprovided with said marks, whereby any visible mark disclosed by a'missing cardin the groups behind separators is visible through a transparent edge portion from the front of the container.

7. In a card register, in combination, a container, a plurality of cards arranged in echelon in a group in the transverse vdirection of the container, means to position the cards in echelon against relative transverse displacemenhan upper portion ofthe visible part of each card and the part covered by the visible part of the next card being differentiated by a. marklocated on the normally covered part of the card in a uniform position throughout all the'cards, a sepalrator before said group of cards, said separator comprising a transparent upper edge portion extending from side to side of the separator and of a width in a vertical direction to register with the said upper portions of the cards provided with said marks, whereby any visible mark disclosed by a'missing card in the group behind the separator is visible through a transparent edge portion from the front of the container.

RUDOLF Bossi; 

